November 30

Below is a listing of the latest news on stocks and securities we hold in our portfolio, in addition to some key economic news, which were shared on our Chatboard by HDO Members. I wish to thank all HDO members who are contributing, and special thanks to members dannyp52, Couch, Phil in OKC, Head Wrench, Governor19, BzNews, BrainRain1, Sassey, Dean 500, darrylawe, Jozsef Pengel, Isaac Z, Risk Reward, JoeRetired, GlennDawsonsodd, annel1, saruehle, Theodore Savas, testrelka, see44h, ZEPPRO, James BF, PapaAlan, Corsair Capital, HopeAlpha, dougn, thebellsareringing and others who contribute to our Chatboard.

Assisted living will only get bigger. That's great news for CareTrust REIT, Omega Healthcare Investors, and Welltower.

Welltower is the granddaddy of healthcare REITs. It was formed in 1970 as the first REIT to invest exclusively in healthcare facilities. Welltower is also one of the largest healthcare REITs owning assisted-living properties, with a market cap of $25 billion. The company owns long-term/post-acute-care facilities, assisted-living facilities, independent living/continuing care retirement communities, and care homes in the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom.

MLP's

$AMLP - here's some perspective on the MLPs, a monthly chart of $AMLP, proxy for the midstreams, with fibonacci retracement levels from the Feb 2016 low to the highs earlier this year. Price is right at the key 61.8 level, around 10. Price will hopefully stabilize in this important technical area. ~joshgi1

Chinese equities saw heavy losses overnight following new liquidity rules in the country.Authorities have also introduced other measures, such as restrictions in loans to the shadow banking sector, an..

Longtime stock market bull Laszlo Birinyi lifts his target for the S&P 500, looking for an additional rise of as much as 3.8% by the end of the first quarter of 2018 after hitting his previous target of 2,600.

The MLP sector is selling off just like it did in early 2016. That proved to be an excellent entry point for high-quality MLPs. However, finding "high quality" is getting trickier.Meantime, a rising interest rate environment can punish investors on the wrong side of this trade.

Enterprise Products has declined 10% so far this year, which has pushed its dividend yield up to 7%. The dividend yield is nearing a five-year high, despite the company's high-quality assets and strong cash flow.

With exports as a major growth catalyst, continued dividend growth is likely. This makes Enterprise Products an attractive buy for income right now.

Energy Transfer Partners and GP Energy Transfer Equity units seem to go down just about every day.Yet fundamentals like cash flow and leverage improving. Price-to-book looks nonsensical.Institutional buyers appear to be loading up on ETP stock.

How Energy Transfer Partners LP and Energy Transfer Equity LP are growing their natural gas liquids footprint in Mont Belvieu, Texas.Going over Energy Transfer's existing asset base at the NGLs hub.Looking at growth projects that will come online in the next two years.

Investors should expect a sharp increase in Energy Transfer's fractionated volumes this quarter on a sequential basis.